DogPile (www.dogpile.com), a popular metasearch engine, was recently overhauled with advanced search features that enhance its efficiency. A metasearch engine does not have its own database of indexed Web documents, but searches other search engines. The most significant change was the "clustering" feature, says James Richards, co-director and founder of Fleet Boston's Financial Intelligence Unit and renowned expert on the use of the Internet to perform AML duties. The new feature refines search results by grouping them around certain themes. If you type "money laundering," for example, DogPile displays more than 90 results and a sidebar that divides them into...
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